Americans are pointing to stricter gun control laws and a better mental health system as the best ways to guard against mass shootings, a new poll out Monday shows.

Asked how to prevent mass shootings like the incident in Tucson, Ariz., 24 percent of those surveyed for a USA Today/Gallup Poll cited the need for stricter gun control laws.

And 15 percent said that better mental health screening and support would prevent murderous sprees like the one earlier this month that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed six others.

Nine percent of those surveyed said that more education about guns and violence would be the best way to prevent shootings, and 8 percent pointed to more rigorous background checks for people buying guns.

President Barack Obama and his aides have been notably quiet on guns and gun control in the two weeks since the Arizona shooting, and it’s not clear what, if anything, he’ll say about guns during his State of the Union address Tuesday.

When Obama spoke in Tucson the Wednesday after the shooting, he did not address gun control measures specifically, saying only, “We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of violence in the future.”

The poll also asked Americans for their views on what was to blame for the Tucson shooting versus other recent mass shootings.

Fifty-five percent of those surveyed said the failure of the mental health system to identify dangerous people was a “great deal” to blame for the Tucson shooting, while 48 percent said poor mental health care was to blame for other mass shootings.